[AndyJackson]

What if the shoe was on the other foot with John Kerry elevating some ultra-liberal judge from the California 9th District Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court and the Repulicans were in the Senate minority?

Which possibility was very close to being realized and could well be in one or two election cycles. We all understand the impatience to radicalize the SC on certain issues (called conservative if you agree with it all), but real change procedes at what many will perceive to be a glacial pace. It is the genius of the system put in place by our founding fathers. It may be frustratingly slow, but it keeps things from getting too out of kilter too fast. It keeps us from being like Italy or France.

[itsahoot]

What if the shoe was on the other foot with John Kerry elevating some ultra-liberal judge from the California 9th District Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court and the Repulicans were in the Senate minority?

Well this policy sure worked well for us when we were in the minority. </sarcasm>